Quiz on Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

What year was Rosa Parks born?

• 1913

• 1905

• 1915

• 1920

In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?

• Memphis

• Atlanta

• Birmingham

• Montgomery

What was Rosa Parks' profession?

• Seamstress

• Nurse

• Teacher

• Lawyer

Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• E.D. Nixon

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

What year did Rosa Parks pass away?

• 2005

• 2000

• 1999

• 2010

What was the immediate consequence for Rosa Parks after her arrest?

• She was promoted

• She was fined

• She wrote a book

• She moved to Detroit

What highest civilian honor was Rosa Parks awarded?

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Congressional Gold Medal

• Pulitzer Prize

What year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule bus segregation unconstitutional?

• 1955

• 1960

• 1964

• 1956

Where did Rosa Parks move after the boycott?

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

• Detroit

• New York

What organization did Rosa Parks help found in 1987?

• Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development

• Black Panther Party

• SNCC

• NAACP